How can I show a toast for a specific duration?

Question

This is the way I have to show the Toast for 500 milliseconds. Though, it's showing more than a second.

Toast.makeText(LiveChat.this, "Typing", 500).show();  

How can I show Toast only for 500 milliseconds?

Answer 1

This cannot be done. To show a toast for a length shorter than Toast.LENGTH_SHORT, you must cancel it after the time you want. Something like:

final Toast toast = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "This message will disappear in half a second", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);     toast.show();      Handler handler = new Handler();         handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {            @Override            public void run() {                toast.cancel();             }     }, 500); 

Answer 2

Adding to @Senth's answer, if you don't wont to accumulate the time when you call the showToast method multiple times, with the same Message:

private Toast mToastToShow = null; String messageBeingDisplayed = "";  /**  * Show Toast message for a specific duration, does not show again if the message is same  *  * @param message     The Message to display in toast  * @param timeInMSecs Time in ms to show the toast  */ public void showToast(String message, int timeInMSecs) {     if (mToastToShow != null && message.equals(messageBeingDisplayed)) {         Log.d("DEBUG", "Not Showing another Toast, Already Displaying");         return;     } else {         Log.d("DEBUG", "Displaying Toast");     }     messageBeingDisplayed = message;     // Set the toast and duration     int toastDurationInMilliSeconds = timeInMSecs;     mToastToShow = Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);      // Set the countdown to display the toast     CountDownTimer toastCountDown;     toastCountDown = new CountDownTimer(toastDurationInMilliSeconds, timeInMSecs /*Tick duration*/) {         public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {             if (mToastToShow != null) {                 mToastToShow.show();             }         }          public void onFinish() {             if (mToastToShow != null) {                 mToastToShow.cancel();             }             // Making the Toast null again             mToastToShow = null;             // Emptying the message to compare if its the same message being displayed or not             messageBeingDisplayed = "";         }     };      // Show the toast and starts the countdown     mToastToShow.show();     toastCountDown.start(); } 

You can display toast now for 500 ms like this:

showToast("Not Allowed", 500);